Comments on: Solving the San Francisco plankton mystery

By: southlakesmom

southlakesmom — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:31:08 +0000

It is difficult to believe here on the Chesapeake Bay that even 100 years ago great mounds of shells were outside restaurants that served Bay Oysters. There were enough in Lincoln’s time that they could pave the steets with the shells…

By: Briana

Briana — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:10:29 +0000

We just had another algal bloom out on Neah Bay along the Juan de Fuca It was killed a lot of sea birds, and we’re still trying to figure out why it happens so severely sometimes.
Another “cause” proposed here at least has been rises in ocean temperatures and reduced salinity/stratification being a good breeding ground for the phytoplankton.
Maybe we should import more of those wildly abundant Japanese oysters. I’ll gladly cut myself on them constantly walking down the beach if it means I can save a few loons from hypothermia. Of course, that would probably just cause other problems, eh?

By: Chris M.

Chris M. — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:54:02 +0000

Complicated system = unexpected results.
I have to admit, I’m really curious what global warming is going to do to weather systems and species distributions. Shifting the weather so rapidly is going to provide lots of evidence for the complex-system modeling scientists!